Google seems to be testing a brand new characteristic that enables folks to decide on to ship lower-resolution variations of their photos however have them despatched extra rapidly. The brand new choice is out there to some folks utilizing the Messages app on Android telephones.

Not but rolled out to everybody however somewhat seemingly provided to a small group of testers, the brand new choice is just a toggle within the Messages choices, and it is designed to offer folks extra management over how their cellphone sends photos over RCS.

Slower and higher or sooner and worse

The brand new toggle, first reported on by 9to5Google, is named “Ship images sooner” and says that photos could have their “decision is diminished for sooner sending.”

The choice might be helpful not just for individuals who simply need to wait much less time for messages to ship, but in addition for people who find themselves on significantly spotty connections or just need to ensure that they’re much less more likely to fall foul of their information caps whereas on the transfer. To that time, 9to5Google notes that Google hasn’t configured a most dimension for RCS picture transfers. Nonetheless, each AT&T and T-Cell seem to have capped the file dimension at 100MB themselves.

It is not instantly clear how Google is selecting who to offer this new choice to, or when it can start to roll out to everybody. However it’s a characteristic that might show necessary for many who want it and it is at all times good to see Google iterating. The Messages app may not be the primary place you’d count on it to occur, however right here we’re.

It is thought that this new toggle is just relevant to RCS chats and never SMS chats the place photos are despatched through MMS. Photos despatched over the MMS community are already low-res sufficient, and we won’t think about making them a lot worse and nonetheless making them price sending within the first place.